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Education: Confucianism, jobless grads and starting pay

A BBC report (proxy needed) talks about the Confucian schools that are now thriving across China. And why are parents sending their kids to such schools?:"Traditional culture has many advantages that cannot be learned by modern education," says Yu Fang,... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Fri, Jan 04 2008

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